The global numbers wholly disprove this notion. Every country that has stricter guns laws across the board has not marginally less but a huge amount less OR out NONE of the gun death issues we have. You don't have to like the numbers, but they are clean data, not from polls or extrapolated from small samples of the population. These are real numbers based on real activity or inactivity related to gun violence. We're not just the world leader in violent gun deaths (regardless of whether other causes of violent are higher) we are so far ahead that our numbers are higher than most of all of the other countries combined...barring (I assume) those at war which is a completely different situation.
Unrelated to your post, I still can't believe we didn't do a damned thing after 20 kids were killed.
Here's how I stand unadulterated:
No guns.
But if they are to be allowed, then:
Every seller, buyer, and owner needs to be registered, including every gun they own and all of the ammo they buy and/or own. Full background checks on every and any gun buyer prior to full psychiatric evaluation of each potential owner with re-evaluation every five years. I don't care how long it takes, as long as it's thorough. NO assault style weapons for anyone other than military and law enforcement personnel and only for use on the job. Limit the number of guns per person to something like...one. I don't care if it's a rifle or a handgun, pick your poison.
Had to get that shit off my chest. And I'll add that I wish the New Guns day thread would disappear, but that is not a formal complaint or request. But what I'll do is not talk about it again and let it go.
You're all a bunch of swell folks. I appreciate our ability to agree to disagree.
